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Formation | 29 April 2002 |
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Founder | Nick Boles, Lord Maude and Archie Norman |
Type | Think tank |
Legal status | Charity |
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Director | The Lord Godson |
Chairman of Trustees | Alexander Downer, former High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom |
Website | policyexchange.org.uk judicialpowerproject.org.uk |
Policy Exchange is a British right-wing[1] conservative[2][3][4][5] think tank based in London. In 2007 it was described in The Daily Telegraph as "the largest, but also the most influential think tank on the right".[6] Although Policy Exchange is a registered charity, [7] it refuses to disclose the sources of its funding and is ranked as one of the least transparent think tanks in the UK. It was founded in 2002 by the Conservative MPs Francis Maude and Archie Norman, and Nick Boles, who later also became a Tory MP.
It describes itself as "an independent, non-partisan educational charity whose mission is to develop and promote new policy ideas that will deliver better public services, a stronger society and a more dynamic economy."[8] The Washington Post said Policy Exchange's reports "often inform government policy in Britain"[9] and Iain Dale described it on ConservativeHome as the "pre-eminent think tank in the Westminster village".[10]
The policy ideas developed by the think tank which have been adopted as government policy include free schools, Police and crime commissioner, garden villages and protecting the armed forces from prosecution under human rights laws. Policy Exchange has a unit called Judicial Power Project[11] that examines the power of the British judiciary and argues that unelected judges have accrued too much power. The significance of Policy Exchange in UK politics remains contentious, primarily due to its alignment with right-wing factions and its utilisation as a political podium.[12][13]
It describes itself as seeking localist, volunteer and free-market solutions to public policy problems, with research programmes covering education and social reform, energy and environment, Britain's place in the world, economics and industrial policy, housing policy, space, counter-terrorism and demography, integration and immigration.
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